Jean Corston, Baroness Corston

Jean Corston, Baroness Corston (5 May 1942-) was the Labour MP for Bristol East from 10 April 1992 to 11 April 2005, succeeding Jonathan Sayeed and preceding Kerry McCarthy. From 11 July 2001 to 24 May 2005, she chaired the Parliamentary Labour Party.

Biography
Jean Ann Parkin was born in Yeovil, Somerset, England in 1942, and she worked at Inland Revenue and as a lawyer before being elected to Parliament in 1992 as the Labour MP for Bristol East. In 2001, she became the first woman ever to serve as Chiar of the Parliamentary Labour Party. In 2005, she was created a life peer as Baroness Corston.